Monroe
US/mənˈɹoʊ/
Monroe proper noun: a Scottish topographic surname from Scottish Gaelic from Gaelic words meaning "foot of a hill".
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Monroe
- A Scottish topographic surname from Scottish Gaelic from Gaelic words meaning "foot of a hill"
- A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
- A townland in County Meath, Ireland.
- The former name of an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California, now Hales Grove.
- A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
- A city, the county seat of Walton County, Georgia.
- A small town in Adams County, Indiana.
- A small unincorporated community in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
- A small city in Jasper County, Iowa.
- An unincorporated community in Hart County, Kentucky.
- A sizable city, the parish seat of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.
- A town in Waldo County, Maine.
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- A small town in Franklin County, Massachusetts.
- A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Michigan.
- A village in Platte County, Nebraska.
- A rural town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
- A sizable town and village in Orange County, New York.
- With the secession of some of Monroe’s land to become a new town that encompassed Kiryas Joel, the village absorbed residents who had been living on former Monroe land.2025 June 6, Lana Bellamy, “Orthodox communities see surge in population”, in Times Union, archived from the original on 03 Jul 2025
- A city, the county seat of Union County, North Carolina.
- I was born and raised in Monroe, the seat of Union County, North Carolina. That makes me, as an indulgent friend once put it, a “country boy.”2005, Jesse Helms, “Introduction”, in Here's Where I Stand: A Memoir, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page xv
- A city in Warren County and Butler County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Ohio.
- A small unincorporated community in Le Flore County, Oklahoma.
- A small city in Benton County, Oregon.
- A borough of Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
- A small town in Turner County, South Dakota.
- An unincorporated community in Overton County, Tennessee.
- A small city in Sevier County, Utah.
- An unincorporated community in Amherst County, Virginia.
- A city in Snohomish County, Washington.
- A small town in Adams County, Wisconsin.
- A town and city, the county seat of Green County, Wisconsin.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Monroe Township.
- A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
Monroe meaning in Arabic and Thai
Monroe in Arabic
- surname
- مُونْرُو monrū
Monroe in Thai
- surname
- มอนโร
Origin of Monroe
From Old English mann m (“human being, person, man”) + Roe, a river in Northern Ireland, meaning "man from the River Roe".
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Questions about Monroe
- What does Monroe mean?
- Monroe means a Scottish topographic surname from Scottish Gaelic from Gaelic words meaning "foot of a hill".
- What is Monroe in Arabic?
- Monroe in Arabic is مُونْرُو (monrū). See Monroe meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is Monroe?
- Monroe is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Monroe?
- Monroe is pronounced /mənˈɹoʊ/ (US).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Monroe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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